Knitting away, on the thin ice of the new day

So. I still knit. Really I do! See?
I've gotten out of the 80-row choas theory doldrums and am fully ensconced in the braid pattern (less than two to go!). Then comes the end. Divine inspiration anyone?

It's also long. It is at nose level with me right now (I am about 6'1"), and I have about... 6 more inches to knit before ends/fringe. This is good, as nothing frustrates me more than too short scarves.



















Also, I have started University. So far it involves getting my ass kicked by the Cyrillic alphaveet, reading an (excellent) essay analyzing the Alien trilogy, hearing all about the Roman lewdness that Latin will enable me to read, discovering I actually have a studio art class and loathing pyschology for being my only class on Mondays. At 7:00 PM.

And now, work calls.

Oh, and another SPC is on it's way. 

SPC -- September week 1

Alright. First try at this month's Self-Portrait Challenge theme: with someone. Which I loathe.

You can catch a corner of me there in the foreground. That would be my father's back behind me (hush, baby steps, my fmaily doesn't go in for photos really). I suppose it is fitting as we often turn our backs on each other, very rarely deal face to face. Hah! How teenage do I sound? 

Are not Dedd.

I'm not dead. Really. Just... not knitting. Well, I am. But progress is tedious on Beowulf right now (it's been a hot few days), and I've been busy getting set up for school.
As my books cost about half as much as I had expected, I rewarded myself with some yarn today.



















This yarn is destined to be made into gloves for me. I am debating between full or fingerless (not Knucks, wrong guage), and I DO have a pattern kicking about home here that has directions for both. It's 'Grignasco - Tango', and is delighfully tweedy. 50% Virgin Wool, 25% Alpaca and 25% Viscose. Surprisingly similar to the Rowan suggested for Knucks. Only cheaper.
I am accepting suggestions for DK weight (actually 20 stitches by 32 rows, but the lady at my LYS and I think that's ok, because I knit tight enough to need adjusting anyway. And the yarn was half the price of the alternative) gloves, both full and fingerless.


On a sidenote. I do intend to stick with the SPC. I just loathe this month's theme. 

SPC -- 01

So that self-portrait challenge, eh?
I guess this is my weeks entry.
Every now and then something will fall behind my bed, which means I must crawl under and find it. Sometimes a book falls, and I usually lie there for a good while, wedged tightly between poorly sanded bed frame and scratchy carpet.














I recommend it to everyone. 

Self portrait challenge

So there is a little link on my sidebar to the aelf portrait challenge website. I think I need to try this out... No photos now. Maybe tomorrow. I just would like to say how confusing I find that site though! I'm completely baffled as to uploading links and such.

How 'Fetch' (don't hit me!)

Well, Fetching is done (as if you couldn't tell). Would have gottne them wrapped up a day earlier, but had to go pick up my grandfather from the hospital (6 days in-house after major spinal surgery is not bad for an 84 year old), he's a determined old guy (they were wavering on the surgery due to a reaction he had to some meds they gave him, but he bullied the surgeons), and he's doing phenomenally well in recovery so far.
Any way.
Fetching, courtesy of Knitty.
Not a bad pattern.
I HATE gauge. I had to up to 5.00mm needles to get it close enough.
The yarn (Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran) is positively divine, but you will likely need just a little over (3 rows for me) the ideal one-ball that the pattern designer says is possible.
My one gripe with the pattern is the thumbs. They had ugly holes and such at the bases which I covered up with some not entirely ugly stitches. Still, unpleasant.

Fetching x1

Alright! Done one half of Ms. H.'s Fetching piano gloves. Could have gotten it done quicker, save for some confusion. I should be able to Finish the second of the pair in under a day. Maybe.

























Above is a closeup of the 'picot' edging, and below are the cables at the wrist. I will write a much more thorough piece once I finish off the second. Which I must go cast on for right now.